Global Head of People at Canonical

Key responsibilities

• Work with Canonical’s CEO & COO to define our long term global People strategy
• Lead innovation and execution in talent planning, succession, assessments and HR processes
• Shape performance management, organisational design and workforce planning
• Drive employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Lead research to understand the trends shaping the ways our employees work
• Use data to increase productivity across a global, remote first, organisation
• Deliver compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
• Oversee our HR technology landscape, driving automation and process improvements
• Ensure our employee value proposition remains relevant, attractive and meaningful

Required skills and experience

• Experience of leading a Global People function in the Technology sector is essential, with demonstrable experience of implementing people initiatives that have taken an organisation through a significant period of growth (500 to 1,000+ for example, or even much larger scale)
• Proven experience of operating at C-Suite level
• Deep knowledge and practical application of HR practices and employment law
• HR policy exposure across our three major regions: EMEA, APAC and Americas
• Strong proficiency in data and analytics with evidence that these delivered effective and positive business results
• Professional qualification in Human Resources (CIPD/SHRM etc) 
• Fluent in business English